Barb's Race - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

T1 packed up, bike tires pumped and T2 set up the night before.
Woke up at 4:30 excited! got dressed and car packed up, ate oatmeal with walnuts and dried cranberries. Drove to T1 at 6:15, right on time. Got to T1 with plenty of time to set up, use restroom, get body marked. Ran for 10 minutes to warm-up before swim start. Got on wetsuit, cap and goggles. Posed for a few pictures, then got into the water. Great temp!

Event warmup:

Ran for 10 minutes

Swim

38m 17s

2112 yards

01m 49s / 100 yards

Comments:

I felt good on the swim. No panic. Consistent pace. Stayed on course. Good finish swimming up until my hands can grab the bottom. Easy and fast out of the water

What would you do differently?:

I'm happy

Transition 1

03m 49s

Comments:

Like the wetsuit strippers!

Bike

3h 22m 3s

56 miles

16.63 mile/hr

Comments:

This is where I need to improve! I really wanted to average 17.5 mph pace and I just couldn't do it.
Beautiful course! This was my fourth time riding the course, so I felt like I knew it well. Thank you race god's for no flats/accients/technical problems!
I really did not improve my time over last year, which stinks concidering I trained this year! Last year I was a brand spanking new cyclist and I only got a four minute improvement time. What is going on here? anybody? This year I kept my cadance around 90 (not including hills) which I think helped me improve my run time. Last year I didn't even know about cadence.

What would you do differently?:

train more????? how do I improve? need help here!

Transition 2

03m 35s

Comments:

good for me!

Run

2h 03m 8s

13.1 miles

09m 24s min/mile

Comments:

it felt consistent. The second loop was mind over matter! I'm happy with my time! I improved 15 minutes over last year's effort :-)

What would you do differently?:

I was beginning to bonk toward the end. I was having trouble getting food in. My heart rate felt too high for too long, and liquids were just sloshing in my stomach. With as hard as I was trying to go on the bike, I still felt good for the majority of the run, but I know I needed to eat more on both.

Post race

Warm down:

walked and ate a huge plate of food right away. Wasn't the food great!!!!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

not enough fuel. Heart rate too high. Improve bike performance.

Event comments:

Thank you to voluteers and support! Just a great race!

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Last updated: 2009-02-24 12:00 AM

Swimming

00:38:17
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2112 yards |
01m 49s / 100yards

Age Group:

0/71

Overall:

0/346

Performance:

Good

Suit:

sleevless wet suit

Course:

out and back in a narrow, shallow river. I love the centrifical force going on! My times on this course are great comparred to other courses!
Very easy to sight! Bouys are close; as I pass one, I can already see the next without lifting head up to much.